Sengoku 11th Battle takes place at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo, Japan, and airs in North America on HDNet.

Herman returns to the organization where he suffered his only career loss. In January, the former Indiana University wrestler suffered a second-round TKO defeat to Choi Mu Bae. However, Herman has since rebounded for first-round victories over Josh Barnes and Don Frye and now owns 15 stoppages in 15 career wins; all but one was secured in the first round.

The eccentric fighter now meets York, who makes his fourth WVR appearance. The New Zealander entered the organization with a 10-1 record but has gone just 1-2 in the promotion ever since with losses to Yoshihiro Nakao and Antonio Silva and a victory over James Thompson. Like Herman, York has a knack for finishing fights; he, too, has posted first-round stoppages in all but one of his career victories.

In a bout that could determine a future challenger for WVR lightweight champion Mizuto Hirota, Kazunori makes his sixth Sengoku appearance when he meets Mitsuoka.

Both fighters go for their third consecutive wins at the event. Yokota recently defeated Leonardo Santos and former IFL champion Ryan Schultz. Mitsuoka, meanwhile, recently defeated Sergey Golyaev and Clay French via first-round stoppages and is now 5-1 in his past six fights.

As MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) recently reported, a bout between former UFC heavyweight champion Kevin Randleman (17-13) and undefeated Stanislav Nedkov (7-0) is also in the process of being finalized for the event.

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